Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
A STIRRING APpRli
Address by the President Of II.
National League Of Aner;,,

politan city of Ireland, has apnea se y
Christian world for the protests ~
inv against the further persecutiona ny
Irish people by the British Cow q
A time has come in the relations NJ =
and England when the laws Of IN n
the dictates of humanity become ssa
to every rule of international etian"a. .p
demand from the morality of the VT:
stern denunciation of the coursa ", NY
be pursued by the Tory Govern sye]
against the Ilish. The voice of az
should not be silent when ad as \
outrages are about to be inY;o,!]
q robbed and prosecuted nation. !
ish statesmen who now Cha,
q policy Of jus ice to Ia|
and condemn coercion by the Tor ~
eminent as alike cruel and impoliy;.
not hesitate to denounce oppression N
Turks in Bulgaria. Are the Irish y
America than the Bulga,ians were w
land, that Amer CO should hesitate n
! terlere in Ireland's behal. against ths|
elites of the British Government
Irish have exhausted every means of J
and constitutional agitation to recoy.1
lust and legitimate social and MI
| rights. The voice Of Scotland nj
Wales and Of the mass OF the h
democracy has sanctioned the esa1
Ireland, and proclaimed tho justice
cause. Gladstone, Morley, Labouche1
every English leader worthy the n,l
statesman have proclaimed themselys|
vocates of lreland's claim to leyislatil
dependence. 1t % no longer the E,|
people who oppose the restoration ii
lands Ii critics, but the aristocra,ic n
who have throttled alike both Britni1
Ireland, and have fattened for gene,
Oh public plumber with the procel
which tuey can 8 the lever of CORR
to Int them into power and maintain I
selves there. The cause of ireland
cause of the British democracy, and
fact may we attribute the bitter and
lenting opposition of the British d
The IL su do not pretend TO fig. n
the English, but against the oppr.sJ
both. In this struggle the Irish uavd
all morality can demand from an om1
! nation, and now as a last effort ,heys
interference or tue Christian wo,lI \
vent their destruction.
AS President of the Irish N
LEAGUE of America, the represeJ
body of the Irish race on this contd
re-echo that appeal. l ask the And
press and people to pass their verdi
the treatment now being meted out ;
Irish people by q heartiess and v
blunted Tory Government. Let the
boldly if the Irish have not DISPLAY
the forDearance that human nature N
BILE Of in their passive resistance ID
inhuman laws as the British Goyed
would force them to submit to. I'D
no law, human or divine, that con
nation to passively accept amin
and if these British Tories are ped
to heap additional wrongs on the
people, despair will nerve the ID
active resistance and wild retaliation
very deer turn on their pursuers
driven TO bay, and if nothing will
the British Government but the d
ton Of the Irish people. 1relan
be justified before God and
selling her life Mt the heaviest pl
a obtain, and in using every 4
the ingenuity of man can place with
reach. l ask the justice o treedom}
people of America to prevent this |
consummation of British crime and
government. Let the condemnatiou
British Governments policy in lrelal
from every community on this col
l ask the Lonest and fearless I
America 10 sustain the efforts of NJ,
nell and Mr.. Gladstone to inaug
policy Of justice and liberty in opy(
to tue tyranny of Lord Salisbury.
peal most torcibly to the Irish
America to arouse themselves to inn
action. In an especial manner
myself to those Of our blood whomG
blessed with abundance to come
and share in the burdens and sacrii
their people. No rank or power cad
fy any man 10 refusing to identify
with the ace to which he belongs,
man who thus shirks his duty deser
contempt of his fellow men.
With the fullest confidence IN
never-failing fidelity to ireland,
again upon the masses If the Irish
America to repeat the splendid geu
they have SO often extended towa1
struggling brethren in Ir. land. Mr..
says the immediate future will be
suteringfor the Irish people. Witt
help the time will not be long; but,
short, no Irishman must perish for
Irish American support, and no
American is so loor that by self-s
he cannot contribute his mite to ~
cause. advise the officers OF tie
10 make redoubled efforts to incIa
membership. Livery man of Irish
the United States and Canada shd
enrolled in the League Wherevera
sible, and steps should be taken
6 .nize disbanded branches and I
new ones. To these of our peoE
ing on farms too remote fran
other to form branches of the leaga!s
say that the Rev. DR.. O'Peilly, \
Mich, will receive their subscribe
promptly acknowledge the same int
lie press. They have every opla
therefore, to share in Ireland's 81
and should lose no time in sendin,
name and such contributions as thel
will permit. III this crisis l also Z
ask the assistance and support OF t1
American press for the Irish Land
Let us have one grand effective o.
ton, with n heart and one voice!
to sustain Mr.. Parnell and his Iris
ates with all our strength and inLa
their efforts to recover the l~esisIat''
pendence of Ileland, aided by MI
stone and the British democracy, wy
to replace Tory oppression with 's
principles OF human liberty aAu
national justice. Yours faithfully
JOHN F~ITZGERAu
President l. NJ
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